Digital dice computational solutions to practical probability problems / [electronic resource] :

• 作者： Nahin, Paul J.
• 出版： Princeton, N.J. ;Oxford : Princeton University Press
• 主題： Probabilities--Problems, exercises, etc. , Probabilities--Data processing , Algorithms , MATLAB
• ISBN： 9781400839292 (electronic bk.) 、 1400839297 (electronic bk.)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Includes bibliographical references and index. The clumsy dishwasher problem -- Will Lil and Bill meet at the malt shop? -- A parallel parking question -- A curious coin-flipping game -- The Gamow-Stern elevator puzzle -- Steve's elevator problem -- The pipe smoker's discovery -- A toilet paper dilemma -- The forgetful burglar problem -- The umbrella quandary -- The case of the missing senators -- How many runners in a marathon? -- A police patrol problem -- Parrondo's paradox -- How long is the wait to get the potato salad? -- The appeals court paradox -- Waiting for buses -- Waiting for stoplights -- Electing emperors and popes -- An optimal stopping problem -- Chain reactions, branching processes, and baby boys -- Appendixes: 1. One way to guess on a test -- 2. An example of variance-reduction in the Monte Carlo method -- 3. Random harmonic sums -- 4. Solving Montmort's problem by recursion -- 5. An illustration of the inclusion-exclusion principle -- 6. Solutions to the spin game -- 7. How to simulate Kelvin's fair coin with a biased coin -- 8. How to simulate an exponential random variable -- 9. Index to author-created MATLAB m-files in the book.
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